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CVE-2026-64435 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: Fix data races of skb_queue_len() readers on audit_queue Multiple readers access audit_queue.qlen via skb_queue_len() without holding the queue lock or using READ_ONCE(), while kauditd writes to this field via the skb_dequeue() → __skb_unlink() path with WRITE_ONCE() protected by a spinlock. This constitutes data races. All affected skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) call sites: - kauditd_thread() wait_event_freezable() condition - audit_receive_msg() AUDIT_GET handler (s.backlog assignment) - audit_receive() backlog check - audit_log_start() backlog check and pr_warn() KCSAN reports the following conflicting access pattern (one example): ================================================================== BUG: KCSAN: data-race in audit_log_start / skb_dequeue write (marked) to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 661 on cpu 57: skb_dequeue+0x70/0xf0 kauditd_send_queue+0x71/0x220 kauditd_thread+0x1cb/0x430 kthread+0x1c2/0x210 ret_from_fork+0x162/0x1a0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 read to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 36586 on cpu 1: audit_log_start+0x2a0/0x6b0 audit_core_dumps+0x64/0xa0 do_coredump+0x14b/0x1260 get_signal+0xeb2/0xf70 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x41/0x170 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xa2/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0x1a3/0x1c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0xe0 value changed: 0x00000001 -> 0x00000000 ================================================================== Resolve the race by switching to lockless helper skb_queue_len_lockless(), which internally uses READ_ONCE() and properly pairs with the WRITE_ONCE() write accesses already present on the writer side. [PM: line length tweak]


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69f98fff30bdaa72b0cb0e7e078ab6456a0a59b0 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ff42312ccde549f8c698723822c7db35107a39b kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d85dec60bb0622360fc176b2a51abdbe2ff0ad kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b35597bdae1a5d8395da4b9baa993b9b71f74d68 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5186201fa7030289cc4fe23fae87a3fcb566856 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9a71daaecb2fb1d8c704545cc0b1c920b9bf5d7 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e575dabb805252e3113fdc3f56f6ecacfde422d0 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe997a84a385f840b593ead92e575503a5046cee kernel.org

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-64435
NVD Published Date:
07/25/2026
NVD Last Modified:
07/25/2026
Source:
kernel.org